I would say most of the geeks are there because only of the pirated copy of windows. and I may be one of them

1. Business Week – Apple the most innovative company in the world 3 years in a row.

2. CIO.com – Eight financial reasons you should use a Mac (http://www.cio.com/article/127050/Eight_Financial_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Use_Mac_OS/3)

3. Wall Street Journal – "Leopard is the most advanced OS"

4. Computerworld – "Leopard spanks Vista" (online at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9045689 )

5. Why Is the Mac More Secure than Windows?

(http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2139856,00.asp )

6. Dell brings back XP on home systems

After adding it back as an option for small businesses,

direct seller offers older OS on consumer machines in response to demand.

(http://news.com.com/Dell+brings+back+XP+on+home+systems/2100-1046_3-6177619.html )

7. Pennsylvania university pulls PC plug, goes all-Mac

'It is … the superior OS, isn't it?' says Wilkes University's IT chief Gregg Keizer

(online at http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9013218&intsrc=hm_list )

And macBlaster – haven't you ever heard of the word "efficiency"? I just ask b/c why in the world would I have to know advanced technology in order to use an OS like Vista? How come I would have to know how to configure a computer just to get it to run an OS…. instead of just buying a Mac and it just works. We are all not geeks like you obviously are.

Also – look how much bad press Vista is getting and how great press Apple is getting??? Record breaking sales and increase market share speaks for itself for people are tired of buying an OS that has problems…. and not to mention Vista just stole several features from Tiger and on their next OS release in 6 years they will again steal Leopard features.

Oh, and let's not forget to note that UNIX is a much more stable platform…. that's an industry FACT. So while you are rebooting your machine and constantly monitoring your system configs….. I will be using 21st Technology and done with my work and you will still be on the customer support line.

BTW – how is the iPod copy "Zune" doing these days…. hmmm – another rip off which is not doing very well. hahaha

It's clear you are living a sad life to state "you must be the typical user that NEEDS a simplistic mac for the ease of use because you can’t comprehend advanced tech."

I ask you… what is wrong with having a tool that's easy to use? What's wrong with creating a OS and other products that are integrated and work? I guess you have nothing better to do than sit at your computer and spend hours a day making things work on Vista?

And I bet this will really chap your hide.

Gartner Quote – "Apple will double it's market share in the US and Europe by 2011

I am sure glad I have a LOT of Apple stock!!! going to be a nice retirement for me…… maybe Microsoft will release their next version of Vista by then. HAHAHAHA

Seriously folks, is this really something to be excited about? Mac is up to 7.57%? And the Creative MP3 players are up to 7.57% of the MP3 market, wow!! Big deal.

BTW, Cmd-Delete deletes everything form the cursor back to the left margin…

Posted By Nick, Scranton PA : February 4, 2008 12:29 pm"

You're part of the problem with this country – you feel like you're entitled to something. Apple built the software – it's theirs to sell and sell under whatever restrictions they choose. If you don't like it, don't buy it. If you think that they are making a marketing mistake, build your own and sell it. People like you "filed a complaint w/ the FTC" are the reason there are so many irresponsible lawsuits in this country. What do you think gives you the right to tell Apple (or anyone) how to run their company. It's a free market – either buy stock and go to the meetings or "vote" with your dollars, but don't complain because you don't like their rules… just don't buy.

Apple has $15 billion cash in its pockets and the latest version OSX already runs on PCs, then, Apple is pretty close to develop a FULL PC compatible OSX to "eat" a very much larger "slice" of the OS market

so, a (possible) future Apple's strategy could be to try to BUY Microsoft (with Yahoo inside) the same way Microsoft is trying these days with Yahoo

do you think it's sci-fi or a real (future) scenario?

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But where's the key to delete the character to the right? I gotta move my mouse every time?